Course Placement

Appropriate course placement is an essential component of academic success. Students are encouraged to meet with their advisor prior to registration to discuss placement scores and course prerequisites for appropriate course selection. Refer to this catalog and the class listing for specific course prerequisites and placement score requirements.

Writing Course Placement

The new WRTG prefix replaces the prefixes ENGL and PRPE for courses in the writing sequence. Writing (WRTG) and Preparatory English (PRPE) courses require appropriate placement scores for course registration. A student who has earned an appropriate ACT, SAT, or ACCUPLACER score is eligible to enroll in the courses listed in the table below.

Students with ACT or SAT scores that place them in 200-level WRTG courses may receive credit by placement for WRTG A111 upon completion of WRTG A211, WRTG A212, WRTG A213 or WRTG A214 with a grade of C or better. To receive this credit, students must submit the appropriate form to the Office of the Registrar.

Students placing into WRTG A080 or WRTG A090, as well as multilingual students seeking placement advising, are encouraged to meet with the academic support advisor in the Learning Commons to discuss
the validity of their course placement and consider placement measures in addition to ACCUPLACER. Call (907) 786-6045 to schedule an appointment on the Anchorage campus or contact the testing center at your community campus.

Detailed information about testing services for writing placement, as well as student guides and sample questions, are available at the following testing centers and on their websites, linked below.